Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 次代, 承陽, 禎洋, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. TSOO-GOO-YO [key] Meaning & History From 次 (tsugu, ji) meaning "next, order, sequence, below" or 継 (tsugu) meaning "to succeed someone, inherit" combined with 代 (yo) "world, generation". Other kanji combinations are possible.